The present is a '''[[wikipedia:Timeline of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|Timeline of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria]]''', attempting to describe major events concerning the organization.

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The present is a timeline of '''[[wikipedia:The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria]]''', attempting to describe major events concerning the organization.

==Big picture==

==Big picture==

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| < 2002 || Prior to the Global Fund foundation, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria together are calculated to cause several millions of deaths per year.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/>

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| < 2002 || Prior to the Global Fund foundation, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria together are calculated to cause several millions of deaths per year.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/>

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| 2002-2013 || The Global Fund is born, starting operations via a ‘rounds-based model’ whereby proposals from eligible geographical locations are developed and submitted during designated funding windows, with guidance from the Global Fund and its partners.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/>

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| 2002–2013 || The Global Fund is born, starting operations via a ‘rounds-based model’ whereby proposals from eligible geographical locations are developed and submitted during designated funding windows, with guidance from the Global Fund and its partners.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/>

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| 2013 < || The Global Fund adopts new strategy, eliminating rounds-base models and determining funding allocations for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/>

| 2013 < || The Global Fund adopts new strategy, eliminating rounds-base models and determining funding allocations for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/>

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| Recent Years || The Global Fund is today the world's largest financier of anti-[[wikipedia:AIDS|AIDS]], [[wikipedia:tuberculosis|tuberculosis]] and [[wikipedia:malaria|malaria]] programs. As of September 2016, the organization had disbursed US$30 billion to countries and communities in need.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Fund collects almost USD 13 bn for AIDS, malaria and TB|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/global-fund-collects-almost-usd-13-bn-for-aids-malaria-and-tb-116091800023_1.html|website=business-standard.com|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref>

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| Recent years || The Global Fund is today the world's largest financier of anti-[[wikipedia:AIDS|AIDS]], [[wikipedia:tuberculosis|tuberculosis]] and [[wikipedia:malaria|malaria]] programs. As of September 2016, the organization has disbursed US$30 billion to countries and communities in need.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Fund collects almost USD 13 bn for AIDS, malaria and TB|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/global-fund-collects-almost-usd-13-bn-for-aids-malaria-and-tb-116091800023_1.html|website=business-standard.com|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref>

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==Full timeline==

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== Visual data ==

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[[File:Board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars.png|thumb|center|400px|Board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars.]]

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[[File:Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 1.png|thumb|center|600px|Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 1.]]

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[[File:U.S. Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001-2013, in Us$ millions.png|thumb|center|400px|U.S. Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001-2013, in Us$ millions.]]

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[[File:Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 2.png|thumb|center|600px|Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 2.]]

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[[File:Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 3.png|thumb|center|600px|Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 3.]]

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[[File:Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 4.png|thumb|center|1200px|Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 4.]]

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[[File:Global Fund pledges by organization by year due (US$)..png|thumb|center|1200px|Global Fund pledges by organization, by year due (US$).]]

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[[File:Global Fund board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars..png|thumb|center|600px|Board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars.]]

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[[File:U.S. Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001-2013, in Us$ millions.png|thumb|center|600px|United States Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001–2013, in millions of US dollars.]]

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[[File:Global Fund operating expenses in the period (2002-2015).png|thumb|center|600px|Global Fund operating expenses per year. Period (2002-2015).]]

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== Timeline ==

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| 2001 || April || Antecedent || The foundation of the Global Fund is made concrete by [[wikipedia:Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[wikipedia:Kofi Annan|Kofi Annan]]'s call to action.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||

| 2001 || April || Antecedent || The foundation of the Global Fund is made concrete by [[wikipedia:Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[wikipedia:Kofi Annan|Kofi Annan]]'s call to action.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||

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| 2001 || May 3 || Contribution || [[wikipedia:Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[wikipedia:Kofi Annan|Kofi Annan]] announces that he would donate his US$100,000 award to the new Global Fund, thus making the first private contribution.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annan gives prize money to AIDS Fund|url=http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v7/n6/full/nm0601_647b.html|website=nature.com|accessdate=6 May 2017|doi=10.1038/88998}}</ref> ||

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| 2001 || May 3 || Contribution || [[wikipedia:Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[wikipedia:Kofi Annan|Kofi Annan]] announces that he would donate his US$100,000 award money from the Philadelphia Liberty Medal to the new Global Fund, thus making the first private contribution.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annan gives prize money to AIDS Fund|url=http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v7/n6/full/nm0601_647b.html|website=nature.com|accessdate=6 May 2017|doi=10.1038/88998}}</ref> ||

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| 2001 || June || Antecedent || The foundation of the Global Fund is supported by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS).<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||

| 2001 || June || Antecedent || The foundation of the Global Fund is supported by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS).<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||

| 2005 || July || Administration || The Board of the Global Fund establishes the Office of the Inspector General, which operates as an independent unit of the Global Fund, reporting directly to the Board.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria & Health Systems Strengtheni ng: An Organizational and Policy Analysis"/> ||

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| 2005 || August || Withdraw || The Global Fund withdraws from Burma due to new local government restrictions to project sites and more complicated regulations regarding the procurement of medical supplies.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dittmer|first1=Lowell|title=Burma Or Myanmar?: The Struggle for National Identity|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=aoHP2Q2I1p4C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=The+Global+Fund+to+Fight+AIDS,+Tuberculosis+and+Malaria+%22in+august%22&source=bl&ots=CaIaQSNN-U&sig=9jK-a75tUn-lxBJ8IaAFOZPcmLc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizq5iG7dzTAhUFgJAKHZy_BSk4ChDoAQggMAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Global%20Fund%20to%20Fight%20AIDS%2C%20Tuberculosis%20and%20Malaria%20%22in%20august%22&f=false|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Burma|Burma]]

| 2005 || August || Withdraw || The Global Fund withdraws from Burma due to new local government restrictions to project sites and more complicated regulations regarding the procurement of medical supplies.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dittmer|first1=Lowell|title=Burma Or Myanmar?: The Struggle for National Identity|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=aoHP2Q2I1p4C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=The+Global+Fund+to+Fight+AIDS,+Tuberculosis+and+Malaria+%22in+august%22&source=bl&ots=CaIaQSNN-U&sig=9jK-a75tUn-lxBJ8IaAFOZPcmLc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizq5iG7dzTAhUFgJAKHZy_BSk4ChDoAQggMAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Global%20Fund%20to%20Fight%20AIDS%2C%20Tuberculosis%20and%20Malaria%20%22in%20august%22&f=false|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Burma|Burma]]

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| 2007 || March || Administration || Following a competitive selection process, French physician [[wikipedia:Michel Kazatchkine|Michel Kazatchkine]] is selected as the Fund’s new executive director.<ref name="Working Group on Value for Money"/> ||

| 2007 || March || Administration || Following a competitive selection process, French physician [[wikipedia:Michel Kazatchkine|Michel Kazatchkine]] is selected as the Fund’s new executive director.<ref name="Working Group on Value for Money"/> ||

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| 2007 || September || Administration || The Global Fund concludes its Second Replenishment with a total amount of US$9.7 billion pledged for the period 2008-2010.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> ||

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| 2007 || September || Administration || The Global Fund concludes its Second Replenishment with a total amount of US$9.7 billion pledged for the period 2008–2010.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> ||

| 2008 || || Administration || The Global Fund starts to promote the inclusion of Operational/implementation research (OR/IR) activities in disease control programs it supports.<ref>{{cite web|title=Operational and implementation research within Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grants: a situation analysis in six countries|url=https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-017-0245-5|website=biomedcentral.com|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || October || Contribution || The United States president [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] administration announces a three-year (FY11-FY13), $4 billion pledge to the Global Fund. It would be the first time the United States make a multi-year pledge to the Global Fund.<ref name="The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria">{{cite web|title=The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|url=http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-u-s-the-global-fund-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-and-malaria/|website=kff.org|accessdate=29 April 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2010 || October || Contribution || The United States president [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] administration announces a three-year (FY11-FY13), $4 billion pledge to the Global Fund. It would be the first time the United States make a multi-year pledge to the Global Fund.<ref name="The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria">{{cite web|title=The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|url=http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-u-s-the-global-fund-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-and-malaria/|website=kff.org|accessdate=29 April 2017}}</ref> ||

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| 2011 || January || Controversy || American news agency [[wikipedia:Associates Press|Associated Press]] (AP) publishes an article calling attention to several instances of fraud and corruption at the Global Fund. The article focuses on allegations of corruption and fraud in 4 of the 145 countries that receive Global Fund grants: [[wikipedia:Mali|Mali]], [[wikipedia:Djibouti|Djibouti]], [[wikipedia:Mauritania|Mauritania]], and [[wikipedia:Zambia|Zambia]].<ref name="CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013"/> The Fund would respond in April with its own report, reiterating the Fund’s “zero-tolerance” approach to corruption, and publicizing the “$44 million in fraudulent, unsupported, or ineligible expenditures” which it attempts to recoup.<ref name="Working Group on Value for Money"/> ||

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| 2011 || January || Controversy || American news agency [[wikipedia:Associates Press|Associated Press]] (AP) publishes an article calling attention to several instances of fraud and corruption at the Global Fund. The article focuses on allegations of corruption and fraud in 4 of the 145 countries that receive Global Fund grants: [[wikipedia:Mali|Mali]], [[wikipedia:Djibouti|Djibouti]], [[wikipedia:Mauritania|Mauritania]], and [[wikipedia:Zambia|Zambia]].<ref name="CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013"/> The Fund would respond in April with its own report, reiterating the Fund’s “zero-tolerance” approach to corruption, and publicizing the “$44 million in fraudulent, unsupported, or ineligible expenditures” which it attempts to recoup.<ref name="Working Group on Value for Money"/> ||

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| 2011 || May || Administration || The Board approves the new Eligibility Counterpart Financing and Prioritization Policy, which affects the way Global Fund resources are provided. Fund resources are divided into two accounts: the General Funding Pool (intended for countries with large disease burdens and limited domestic resources) and the Targeted Funding Pool.<ref name="CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013"/> ||

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| 2011 || May || Administration || The Board approves the new Eligibility Counterpart Financing and Prioritization Policy, which affects the way Global Fund resources are provided. Fund resources are divided into two accounts: the General Funding Pool (intended for countries with large disease burdens and limited domestic resources) and the Targeted Funding Pool.<ref name="CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013"/> ||

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| 2011 || June 23 || Collaboration || The Global Fund announces having signed an agreement with the [[wikipedia:International Aid Transparency Initiative|International Aid Transparency Initiative]], a multilateral effort (including donors, countries, and civil society organizations) to publicly disclose aid data in a standardized, timely approach.<ref name="CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013">{{cite web|title=CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41363.pdf|website=fas.org|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2011 || June 23 || Collaboration || The Global Fund announces having signed an agreement with the [[wikipedia:International Aid Transparency Initiative|International Aid Transparency Initiative]], a multilateral effort (including donors, countries, and civil society organizations) to publicly disclose aid data in a standardized, timely approach.<ref name="CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013">{{cite web|title=CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41363.pdf|website=fas.org|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref> ||

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| 2012 || || Report || Data released from analysis from Round 1 (2002) to Round 9 (2009) shows that the Global Fund has invested or approved US$ 430 million for activities that specifically targets people who inject drugs.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/> ||

| 2012 || || Report || Data released from analysis from Round 1 (2002) to Round 9 (2009) shows that the Global Fund has invested or approved US$ 430 million for activities that specifically targets people who inject drugs.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)"/> ||

| 2013 || February || Administration || The Global Fund announces a new funding model, under which funding allocations would be determined for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)">{{cite journal|title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)|doi=10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.08.001|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395915002364|accessdate=5 May 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2013 || February || Administration || The Global Fund announces a new funding model, under which funding allocations would be determined for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)">{{cite journal|title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)|doi=10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.08.001|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395915002364|accessdate=5 May 2017}}</ref> ||

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| 2013 || June || Administration || The Global Fund's Twenty-ninth Board Meeting is held. Among other decisions, a new Inspector General is appointed. Also, the Board awards grants to the first three countries to receive funding under the new funding model.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[Wikipedia:Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] ([[wikipedia:Colombo|Colombo]])

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| 2013 || December || Contribution || The United States president [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] administration at the White House hosts the Global Fund’s Fourth Replenishment, and launches the 2014-2016 replenishment cycle with a total amount of US$12 billion pledged.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] ([[wikipedia:Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]])

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| 2013 || December || Contribution || The United States president [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] administration at the White House hosts the Global Fund’s Fourth Replenishment, and launches the 2014–2016 replenishment cycle with a total amount of US$12 billion pledged.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] ([[wikipedia:Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]])

| 2017 || || Program launch || The Global Fund, along with the [[wikipedia:United Nations Development Programme|United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP) launch the use of Mobile Clinics to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Remote Areas in Sudan.<ref>{{cite web|title=UNDP & GFATM launch the use of Mobile Clinics to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Remote Areas in Sudan|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/undp-gfatm-launch-use-mobile-clinics-improve-diagnosis-and-treatment-tuberculosis|website=reliefweb.int|accessdate=12 May 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Sudan|Sudan]]

Contents

Big picture

Year/period

Key developments

< 2002

Prior to the Global Fund foundation, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria together are calculated to cause several millions of deaths per year.[1]

2002–2013

The Global Fund is born, starting operations via a ‘rounds-based model’ whereby proposals from eligible geographical locations are developed and submitted during designated funding windows, with guidance from the Global Fund and its partners.[2]

2013 <

The Global Fund adopts new strategy, eliminating rounds-base models and determining funding allocations for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.[2]

Recent years

The Global Fund is today the world's largest financier of anti-AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs. As of September 2016, the organization has disbursed US$30 billion to countries and communities in need.[3]

Visual data

Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 1.

Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 2.

Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 3.

Global Fund pledges by country by year due (US$). Table 4.

Global Fund pledges by organization, by year due (US$).

Board approvals during rounds-based model years. In millions of US dollars.

United States Contributions to the Global Fund, fiscal years 2001–2013, in millions of US dollars.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces that it would commit $100 million to the Global Fund over a multi-year period, and uses the occasion to call on other organizations and governments around the world to support the new fund.[7]

The Global Fund announces its first round of grants, through which $616 million for 36 countries would be dispersed over two years.[8][4][1]

2002

July

Administration

In his speech to the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Global Fund executive director Richard Feachem states that the first round of grants "will double the current number of people receiving Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) in the developing world and in Africa HAART recipients will increase six fold as a result of these commitments".[4]

2002

October

Report

Until date, governments, corporations, foundations, and individuals have pledged approximately $2.1 billion to the Global Fund.[11]

The Global Fund reports that across all grants, it has provided antiretroviral treatment to 130,000 people with AIDS, tested 1,000,000 people voluntarily for HIV, supported 385,000 tuberculosis patients with directly observed short-course therapy, given more than 300,000 people new, more effective treatments for malaria, and supplied more than 1.35 million families with insecticide-treated mosquito nets.[8]

The Global Fund introduces the possibility for countries to apply for a separate funding stream to support “proven and effective interventions . . . that address the three diseases in ways that will contribute to strengthening health systems”.[13]

2008

Administration

The Global Fund starts to promote the inclusion of Operational/implementation research (OR/IR) activities in disease control programs it supports.[15]

2008

November

Administration

The Global Fund holds its Eighteenth Board Meeting. The Board approves 94 Round 8 grants for a total value of US$2.75 billion (the highest amount ever approved). The Round 9 Call for Proposals is launched.[1]

Round 10 releases a series of information notes on harm reduction, making clear that the Global Fund “supports evidence-based interventions aimed at ensuring that key populations have access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support … [including] the comprehensive package for the prevention, treatment and care of HIV among people who inject drugs”.[2]

2010

March

Program launch

The preparatory meeting for the Third Replenishment is held. Global Fund launches its Born HIV Free campaign, with aims at contributing to the effort for preventing children to be born with HIV.[16][1]

The United States president Barack Obama administration announces a three-year (FY11-FY13), $4 billion pledge to the Global Fund. It would be the first time the United States make a multi-year pledge to the Global Fund.[17]

2011

January

Controversy

American news agency Associated Press (AP) publishes an article calling attention to several instances of fraud and corruption at the Global Fund. The article focuses on allegations of corruption and fraud in 4 of the 145 countries that receive Global Fund grants: Mali, Djibouti, Mauritania, and Zambia.[18] The Fund would respond in April with its own report, reiterating the Fund’s “zero-tolerance” approach to corruption, and publicizing the “$44 million in fraudulent, unsupported, or ineligible expenditures” which it attempts to recoup.[10]

2011

May

Administration

The Board approves the new Eligibility Counterpart Financing and Prioritization Policy, which affects the way Global Fund resources are provided. Fund resources are divided into two accounts: the General Funding Pool (intended for countries with large disease burdens and limited domestic resources) and the Targeted Funding Pool.[18]

2011

June 23

Collaboration

The Global Fund announces having signed an agreement with the International Aid Transparency Initiative, a multilateral effort (including donors, countries, and civil society organizations) to publicly disclose aid data in a standardized, timely approach.[18]

2012

Report

Data released from analysis from Round 1 (2002) to Round 9 (2009) shows that the Global Fund has invested or approved US$ 430 million for activities that specifically targets people who inject drugs.[2]

2013

Program launch

The Global Fund’s Regional Artemisinin-resistance Initiative (RAI) is launched in response to the emergence of drug-resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong region, first noted in Cambodia and Thailand and later Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam. RAI would purchase and distribute insecticide-treated nets, diagnostic tests, and drugs.[19]

The Global Fund announces a new funding model, under which funding allocations would be determined for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.[2]

2013

March

Administration

The Global Fund starts transitioning into its new funding model by inviting select early applicants and interim applicants to submit concept notes for funding.[1]

2013

June

Administration

The Global Fund's Twenty-ninth Board Meeting is held. Among other decisions, a new Inspector General is appointed. Also, the Board awards grants to the first three countries to receive funding under the new funding model.[1]

The United States president Barack Obama administration at the White House hosts the Global Fund’s Fourth Replenishment, and launches the 2014–2016 replenishment cycle with a total amount of US$12 billion pledged.[1]